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In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Creative Scotland (Firm), LipSync Productions, Original Pictures (Firm), BBC Films, Studio Canal, StudioCanal Limited
Other Authors: Hall, Rebecca, 1982- (Actor), West, Dominic, 1969- (Actor), Staunton, Imelda, 1956- (Actor), Volk, Stephen, 1954- (Screenwriter), Murphy, Nick (Director, Screenwriter), Curtis, Sarah (Producer)
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captioned in English.
Published: [London] : StudioCanal Limited, ©2012.
Subjects:
Boarding schools > England > Hampshire > 20th century > Drama.
Spiritualists > England > Drama.
World War, 1914-1918 > Veterans > England > Drama.
Bereavement > Psychological aspects > Drama.
Ghost plays.
World War (1914-1918)
Bereavement > Psychological aspects.
Boarding schools.
Spiritualists.
Veterans.
England.
England > Hampshire.
1900-1999
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Ghost films.
Haunted house films.
Horror films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Description
Summary:In 1921, England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost. Everything she believes unravels as the 'missing' begin to show themselves.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.
Special features include commentary with the director Nick Murphy; featurettes: Behind the scenes and A time for ghosts; trailer.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD ; PAL, region 2; aspect ratio: 2.35:1; Dolby Digital 5.1 or 2.0 sound formats.
Audience:British rating: 15+; contains strong violence and psychological threat. MPAA rating: R for some violence and sexuality/nudity.
Awards:Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film, 2012: Golden Raven (Nick Murphy). Gérardmer Film Festival, 2012: SCI FI Jury Award, Special Jury Prize (Nick Murphy).
Production Credits:Cinematography, Eduard Grau; editing, Victoria Boydell; music, Daniel Pemberton.